Improvement in combined corn and cotton-planter



parts.

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AH. 'Woo-Tremor B Aarow, GEORGIA'.

.Letters Patent o. 95,062, dated September 21; 1869.

' coup- IMPROVEMENT IN commun conn'l un COTTON-PLANTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all lwhom 'itmay concern;-

Be it known that I, A. H. WoomToN, of Bartow, in the county ofJeiierson, and' State of Georgia, have invented a new and improved Combiued'Gotton and.

Corn-Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which .wili enable others skilled in the art to. make and use constructed and arranged. that it may be easily adjusted for use, for planting` cotton-seed or corn, as

may be desired and i -v It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, asghereinafter more fully described. A-represents the beam of the machine, the middle part of which is made wide, to serve as the framey of the machin-1e..

4The middle part o f-the beam A is cut away, to re-l ceive the drive and dropping`wheels;I cut or s lot that -receives the drive-wheel being made longer than the other part that receives the droppingwheel. i i

B is the hopper, which is attached to the upper side of the middle part of the beam A, so as to covertheslot or opening through saidbeam.

`The side of the hopper that receives the drivewheel is made thick, or has a block, b', attached to it, as shown in figs.`1 and 2, to cover-the face of? the said drive-wheel, and prevent theseed placed in said hopper from corningin contact with the said face of the `said. Wheel, and thus clogging said wheel, or being oar-f ried out by it.

`(l is thedriVe-Wheel, which is securely attached to the axle D,' so as to carry the said'A axle with it in its revolution.

- The jouruals'of the axle D revolve -in bearings in supports E, attached to the beam A.

Fis the wheel for dropping cotton-seed, which is securely attached to the axle D, so as to be carried around with said axle in its revolution.

To the face of Jche -wheel F, at suitable distances apart, are attached" forks, prongs,.or teeth f', which take'hold of theicotton-seed in the hopper and draw it out.-

'l G is au adjustable sliding gauge, ,attached to the beam A, so as to cover that end of the opening or slot in the said beam throughwhich the seed'is carriedv out by the droppingfwheehto regulate the amount of seed to be planted. I

the Vpart of saidl -vorn.-

Whenthe'machine is to be used for planting corn, the wheel F is removed and-replaced Vwith the wheel H, in the face of- -whicl1 are fbi-med holes or recesses,

of such av size as to contain enough corn to be dropped at once.

I is the plow that opens the furrow, to receive the seed, and whichgis secured to the lower` end of the standard J, the upper end of which is attachedto the beam A.

The standar-dd is strengthened and thedraughtf strain supported by a'bracei'od, K, attached to the said standard 'and to the beam A, as shown in fig. 1. The seed is covered by the plow L, the lower edge of which is made 'broad and .is coucaved, as shown in Iig. 2, so as to cover the seed, audleave the coveringdirt in the form of a ridge. f

. The plow L is attached to the lower end of the standard M, the 'upper end of which is attached to the rear part'of the beam A, and which is strengthcned, and the draught-strain supported,vby abracerod, N, attached to the standard Maud to the beam A, as shown in g. l.

O are the handles, the lower ends of which are at# l tached to the beam A, andthe upper parts of which are connected by a round or cross-bar, P.

The handles O are strengthened by a brace, Q, the upper end of which is attached to the round or crossbar P, and the lower endfof which is attached to the beam A. i

1R is a scraper, which is attached to the'glower side 'of` the beam A, justin the rear of the drive-wheel C,

to scrape olf the dirt that-may ac ihere -to said wheel,

to prevent said wheel from becoming clogged by the dirt carried up. by it into the recess in .the `hopper-1? lz', in which it works.

Having` thus described my invention,

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

L Forming a recess in the thickened Vside-of the hopper B, to receivethe upper part of the drive-,wheel O, substantially as herein shown and described, and for vthe purpose set forth.

.2. The combination and arrangementof the axle,

D, vdrive-wheel C, ,and dropping-wheel F f', or H, with the slotted beam A and 4hopper Bb', substantially as herein shown and described, 4and for-the purf pose set forth.

3. The combination `and arrangement of the slotted 'beam A, hopper B b', axle D, drive-wheel G, drop-v ping-wheel F f', or H, furrowiug-plow I. J K, scraper R, covering-plow L M N, and handles O-I Q, with each other, substantially as hereiu shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 4

" A.- H. WOOTTON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE PET'rUs, E. N. MURPHEY.' 

